Detachable watch-pocket



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DETAGHABLE WATCH POOKE-T. v v .No. 359, 43. Patented Mar. 15, 1887.

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CLARENCE ASA BURBANK, OF KINSLEY, KANSAS.

DETACHABLE WATCH-POCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,343, dated March15, 1887.

Application filed January 12, 1887. Serial No. 224,145. tModel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE ASA BURBANK, of Kinsley, in the county ofEdwards and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Adjustable Watch-Pockets; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to watch-pockets of the class which may be detachedfrom a garment and replaced at any other point.

to form the front portion, andis of semi-elliptical form, as shown inFig. 3. This plate has formed with it or secured to it a narrow backplate, 0, which retains the watch in position, and the bottom of thepocket is curved to conform somewhat to the shape of a watch. A hole,I), is made in the front plate near the top, through which theguard-chain of the watch is intended to pass, rendering it impossible towholly withdraw the watch without breaking the chain. A curved stay orbrace, d, is soldered or otherwise secured to both edges of the plate anear the top, in order to give it sufficient rigidity and stiffness.

The pocket is attached to a garment by means of two vertical pins, 6 e,and a lateral pin, h. The pins e e are either soldered or hinged to theplate a at f f, and after being passed through the garment and then outagain are secured by clasps g 9, attached to the edges of plate a nearthe bottom. The lateral pin his hinged to the plate a at i, and its endis received by a hook or clasp, j. The pocket is thus firmly, thoughrempvably, attached to a garment, but cannot be removed withoutsufficient force to tear the fabric, unless the pins are intentionallydisengaged, while, as before stated, the watch cannot be whollyextracted from the pocket unless the chain is broken.

The front plate may be made of any suitable metal, and if base metal beused may be plated or otherwise ornamented to give it an attractiveappearance. The inside of the pocket is lined with some soft fabric ormaterial, to prevent defacement of the watch, as shown at k.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. As a new article ofmanufacture, a detaehable watch-pocket having formed in it thesafety-hole b, for the purpose described, and having the vertical pins 6eattaohed to its side edges, and the transverse pin h extending entirelyacross said pocket, all substantially as described and shown.

2. A watch-pocket composed of the semielliptical plate to, having thenarrow back plate, 0, in combination with the stay or brace d andfastening-pins for securing it to a garment, substantially as described.

CLARENCE ASA BURBANK.

Attest:

CHAS. A. VAN, Lnvnancrrr G. BOIES.

